Good morning, girls, hope everyone is having, will have, or had a
delightful day!

My question today is:

As some of you know I received a Cricuit from a friend...yes, she gave
me her Explore Air (I've offered it back to her
but she still says no, LOL) I haven't done a lot with it yet, just played a
little here and there, and I'm taking a class on it...

But what I wanted to know is: Is there a secret for taking off letters
and sticking them down? I played with a bunch of letters for a page
and at first I glued them down with a roller adhesive (yikes, too much
work), and then I took them and put them in my Xyron (wasted way too
much adhesive).

So, is there a better way to do that? Otherwise I'm better off with
stickers because this was way more time consuming.

I have a 3 in 1 Beacon glue that I cut the hole smaller. I use the tweezers to hold the letters and apply glue to back and place on page. It works the best for me. I use this glue more now for everything instead of runners etc. Now I buy the bigger bottle and use it all the time.

Like Bev, I use a liquid glue (Quick Dry Adhesive) in a fine line bottle, hold the letter with a tweezer and lay it down. I also tend to weld my titles as much as I can depending on the font so that they are easier to handle.

I also use a liquid glue, I think it's Tombow in the blue bottle. Sometimes I use my Xyron X and put 2 letters in at a time next to each other before I pull it thru. And like Cheryl said I weld my titles also.

The best glue I've found for small pieces is the Art Institute glue, with their Ultrafine Metal Tip. The small metal tip is great for getting tiny amounts of glue and their glue doesn't tend to clog or dry up. I use the "Designer Dries Clear" version, but they have some others, too.

I use my xyron X and do two letters at a time for the smaller ones. With my hand tremor, I simply can't handle liquid glue. On intricate things that will not fit my my 5 1/2 inch xyron, I lay flat and spry with a spray adhesive.

Hehehe, I'm glad you asked this question...
I was using the Beacons 3 in 1 glue, but was getting glue all over when I tried adding it to fine lined alphas or words. I watch a lot of Missy from My Scraps & More and she uses a Fine Line Bottle. Last week, Monday, I bought a Fine Line bottle and filled it with my Beacons 3 in 1 glue, used it a few times that day and loved it! The next day, I went to use it and it would not open. The bottle has a wire tip and the cap has a wire that goes in that tip. Well the Beacons glue must not drain down. I had to throw the bottle away
So I asked Missy what kind of glue she uses. She uses Scotch Quick Dry. So back to Hobby Lobby I went and bought another Fine Line bottle and the Scotch glue and it works like a charm!

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